from Archivio storico Città di Torino
The urban development of the district takes shape following the approval of the "Town Development Plan for Borgo San Salvatore" of 1846. The expansion of the city to the south is the only viable, as to the north are the industrial workers and to the west the military servants adjacent to the Citadel. The roads of the new extension are on the same lines as those existing to the north of Viale del Re (Corso Vittorio E.). The main artery is Via Madama Cristina, following the Via dell'Arco (Via Accademia Albertina), originally planned as a porch road.